Under the Big Top

On Friday, I received a modest-sized box of BRAND NEW stamping supplies from the new Idea Book and Catalogue. I was SO excited. I sat down and looked at everything for quite some time and then realized I had to do something with them. This always happens. I get excited and then when everything arrives my brain goes into overload and I just can’t get started, kind of like writers block.

This morning I was searching around the blogosphere at various challenges and decided to try out the Sweet Sunday Sketch Challenge over at Karen Giron’s blog. It looked like something I could tackle today (between watching my son sing in choir at church and then heading back to the church for a camp planning BBQ).

I knew the card had to use my new Make A Monster stamp set (LOVE THIS!). I made a swap for my Go Diva group for Convention (and I am SO excited about it!) so I was inspired to use it again. I had the colour combination of Melon Mambo, Pacific Point, Crushed Concord and Old Olive on my desk to try to I grabbed both and was off and running.

Now, you may notice this is a little off the sketch. Yes, I turned it upside down, I had to in order to make a “big top” type of awning on top.

The base of this card is Melon Mambo and then I layered a panel of Pacific Point. I then split into two parts, on one side, I used a piece of Newsprint designer paper and made it Old Olive and black (versus Very Vanilla and black) by using my brayer and Old Olive ink.

On the other side, I stamped two monsters from the Make a Monster stamp set and used my Aquapainter to colour them in with coordinating colours. I then made an outline of Sahara Sand and a base of Basic Gray. To cover the seam, I added a piece of Crushed Concord cardstock.

What did I do next? Well, I made the scalloped awning. I scalloped a Whisper White piece of cardstock and then added 1/8″ strips of Melon Mambo. I then scored at 1/2″ from the stop and tied on some 5/8″ Old Olive grosgrain.

I used the “wish big” sentiment from Word Play using my Stampin’ Write markers (Melon Mambo, Pacific Point, Old Olive, Basic Black). I mounted it on a piece of Pacific Point and added it on with a dimensional.

Lastly, I added a little detail using a Modern Label in Melon Mambo, a Word Window in Crushed Concord and an Itty Bitty Button tied with some Old Olive cardstock (backed in a Pacific Point circle).

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